One More Take on the Keystone XL pipeline and Obama's Ridiculous Decision -- The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a charter member of the liberal media establishment. It has been a long time supporter of president Obama and the Democrat party. Here is what the Washington Post has to say about Obama's decision to bar construction of the Keystone XL pipeline:

We almost hope this was a political call because, on the substance, there should be no question. Without the pipeline, Canada would still export its bitumen — with long-term trends in the global market, it’s far too valuable to keep in the ground — but it would go to China. And, as a State Department report found, U.S. refineries would still import low-quality crude — just from the Middle East. Stopping the pipeline, then, wouldn’t do anything to reduce global warming, but it would almost certainly require more oil to be transported across oceans in tankers.

Environmentalists and Nebraska politicians say that the route TransCanada proposed might threaten the state’s ecologically sensitive Sand Hills region. But TransCanada has been willing to tweak the route, in consultation with Nebraska officials, even though a government analysis last year concluded that the original one would have “limited adverse environmental impacts.” Surely the Obama administration didn’t have to declare the whole project contrary to the national interest — that’s the standard State was supposed to apply — and force the company to start all over again.


If even the Washington Post recognizes that Obama's decision was bone-headed and hopes that it was just "political", then you can be sure just how truly stupid the decision was.